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I wish there was an alternate part of the book to show the lives of people surrounding her what would have happened if "butterfly" went into effect. I think the movie skipped crucial parts like Dan, the support group, and the healing of a mother and daughter. It is sad but beautiful that it took a disease to bring them closer in this case but sometimes life has a funny way of working out. I do not know enough about my family to say if I could have certain ailments or not but I ask and hope to see a geneoligist when I am having kids for my and their sake. I learned a lot but their is still more to learn. I loved how she struggled and those around her hurt and suffered to because that is raw...real life. What she like and her honesty deveolped into a pureness not many healthy or afflicted can produce. In the end even as we suffer and die we are "still" us. In our flaws and brilliance. Lydia is my favorite character and Alice's father my least favorite though he was not a main character or alive he played a main part in blame, pain, and case by case. I wish we did find out who had the genes of alice relatives/parents. I like lydia would not want to know I would just ensure my children would not have it. I always say I rather die on my own than cause someone to die with me. I deeply enjoyed this book. Very thought provoking.
***Few spoilers***In 2014 lifetime miniseries of The Red Tent premiered and I deeply enjoyed it. In 2018 I found the book at my local thrift. In 2020 with more time on my hand due to corona I read it.
I enjoyed about 90% of the novel and the 10% regarding to negative connotation of people of color, ill treatment of women/men/children because of their family or status. Part one of the novel is about Dinah's family how they came to be and were before "puberty" and the pressure of life, greed, and envy corrupted what was a good life and people. Jacob was good in the beginning but I am not sure if it was the attack or social expectations that hardened the man. I did feel sad for the wives in the way they died none peacefully. Bilhah my favorite and understated character did find love but unfortunately it was her nephew. In that time what we now know as incest was not wrong. Jacob married his cousins and their many children are all kin mixtures. The taking and raping of slaves and concubines was common but it would leave many children motherless or raised without love. That and many other factors clearly showed in their lives. Many women today still honor the red tent practices or moon cycles dealing with love, sex, fertility, menstration, and womenhood. I do wish that in today's society women could find common ground and band together because it is hard enough just to be us.
In part two Is about dinah's life after becoming a woman, falling in love, and suffering for the tradgey that comes with misunderstandings, deciet, and lies. She lost, gave life, learned to blossom, love, and move on. In the end of her life it didn't end there. I like to believe we all live on in our loved ones our kin pieces of who we are. The beautiful names really breathe life along with the descriptions of the countries and cities throughout the story. Sometimes there were occurences where father's were impregnating a child who started menstrating and Dinah rightly cursed them. That is pedophilia in our world in theirs I guess men turn their cheek and women shiver in disgust.
Though this book story originated from christianity which i do not practice I enjoyed the tale. Zilipah seemed to me to be asexual in that realm of the spectrum. Joseph could be bisexual or gay.
Compared to the film they made it seem as if dinah was remembered by her family she did not even let herself be known . Instead only the women passed her tale but still I think they deserve to feel bad and know she lives, healthy, strong, and happy. Not even crazy Jacob got to know this but her success was the best revenge i guess. Her mothers never forgot her. I do hope Leah and Rachel found peace they let a man divide their hearts yet he left one alone and other sufferened unable to move. There was no sensoring that women have desries and needs that can be satisfied by them, man, or woman. Either way life is unexpected.
Lots of leassons came from this book. Everyone has a story to tell not all have happy endings or beginnings. I hope it helps anyone who is need of a little guidance.
I enjoyed about 90% of the novel and the 10% regarding to negative connotation of people of color, ill treatment of women/men/children because of their family or status. Part one of the novel is about Dinah's family how they came to be and were before "puberty" and the pressure of life, greed, and envy corrupted what was a good life and people. Jacob was good in the beginning but I am not sure if it was the attack or social expectations that hardened the man. I did feel sad for the wives in the way they died none peacefully. Bilhah my favorite and understated character did find love but unfortunately it was her nephew. In that time what we now know as incest was not wrong. Jacob married his cousins and their many children are all kin mixtures. The taking and raping of slaves and concubines was common but it would leave many children motherless or raised without love. That and many other factors clearly showed in their lives. Many women today still honor the red tent practices or moon cycles dealing with love, sex, fertility, menstration, and womenhood. I do wish that in today's society women could find common ground and band together because it is hard enough just to be us.
In part two Is about dinah's life after becoming a woman, falling in love, and suffering for the tradgey that comes with misunderstandings, deciet, and lies. She lost, gave life, learned to blossom, love, and move on. In the end of her life it didn't end there. I like to believe we all live on in our loved ones our kin pieces of who we are. The beautiful names really breathe life along with the descriptions of the countries and cities throughout the story. Sometimes there were occurences where father's were impregnating a child who started menstrating and Dinah rightly cursed them. That is pedophilia in our world in theirs I guess men turn their cheek and women shiver in disgust.
Though this book story originated from christianity which i do not practice I enjoyed the tale. Zilipah seemed to me to be asexual in that realm of the spectrum. Joseph could be bisexual or gay.
Compared to the film they made it seem as if dinah was remembered by her family she did not even let herself be known . Instead only the women passed her tale but still I think they deserve to feel bad and know she lives, healthy, strong, and happy. Not even crazy Jacob got to know this but her success was the best revenge i guess. Her mothers never forgot her. I do hope Leah and Rachel found peace they let a man divide their hearts yet he left one alone and other sufferened unable to move. There was no sensoring that women have desries and needs that can be satisfied by them, man, or woman. Either way life is unexpected.
Lots of leassons came from this book. Everyone has a story to tell not all have happy endings or beginnings. I hope it helps anyone who is need of a little guidance.
